<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div id="m_8211895704925185813m_-3750394350552233778m_-681703254107507228zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Friends in Media,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Greetings from Equity & Justice Working Group, Bangladesh (EquityBD).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal">As our regular advocacy, we are planning to organize a press conference titled "Climate Allocation in the National Budget-2025-26 and Civil Society Perspective" at the <b>Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) in Dhaka, 87 Purana Paltan Line, Paltan Tower, Dhaka, 4th June( Wednesday) 2025 from 11.00 am to 12.00 pm.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal">As you know, yesterday, the Honorable Financial Advisor to the interim government proposed the budget for the fiscal year 2025-26. In the budget review, we observed that the climate budget was not allocated as per the demands of the climate-vulnerable coastal community, including civil society and experts. It's traditional, rather less so.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We cordially invite you to assign one of your reporters, along with a photojournalist, to cover the issue for the sake of the people\u2019s interest.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The title of our program is </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">"</span><span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">Climate Allocation in the National Budget-2025-26 and Civil Society</span></span> Perspective" </b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><br></p></div></div></div></div><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely <br><div><b>Mustafa Kamal Akanda (Mr)</b> <br>Director- Administration & SR<br></div><div>COAST Foundation </div><div>Mobile & WhatsApp: +8801711455591 <br></div><a href="http://www.coastbd.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.coastbd.net,</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely <br><div><b>Mustafa Kamal Akanda (Mr)</b> <br>Director- Administration & SR<br></div><div>COAST Foundation </div><div>Mobile & WhatsApp: +8801711455591 <br></div><a href="http://www.coastbd.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.coastbd.net,</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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